Forty years ago this week, about 1,000 NY State troopers – under the direction of then Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller – stormed the Attica prison upstate and shot 39 people to death, 29 inmates and 10 guards. Firing at will, the troopers were ordered to quell an uprising after prisoners staged a four-day protest against […]
President Barack Obama announced in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday that he plans to unveil how America will pay back its debt with his $447 million jobs bill. “It is a jobs bill that does two simple things: put more people back to work and more money back into the pockets of people […]
Despite public acknowledgment that she is not interested in running for political office, Hillary Clinton is back in the conversation of potential 2012 presidential candidates. According to a recent Bloomberg poll, 34 percent of those surveyed believe things would be better in the United States if she were president. See also: 72 Hours at the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of violent crimes fell by a surprisingly large 12 percent in the United States last year, a far bigger drop than the nation has been averaging since 2001, the Justice Department said. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported there were 3.8 million violent crimes last year, down from 4.3 million […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Artest’s bid to become Mr. World Peace was delayed, but not denied. A court commissioner granted the Lakers forward’s request to officially change his name to Metta World Peace on Friday, three weeks after the bid was blocked because Artest had unpaid traffic tickets. Also read: Ron Artest Wins NBA […]
